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The Structural Effects of Kinetic Heating in Supersonic Flight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

P. B. Walker*
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough

Extract

The structural problems introduced by the kinetic heating of high speed aircraft require a radical extension of what has hitherto been regarded as the normal domain of structural theory. Aerodynamics, for example, cannot be regarded as a self-contained subject which merely provides basic data for the structural worker. Certain aspects of aerodynamic theory, particularly the mode of heat generation, have to be considered simultaneously with the structural problem. Thermodynamics and metallurgy are still more closely integrated with structural theory. The laws of heat transfer, and the variation of material properties with temperature, are both essential factors in the structural analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1955

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References

A Paper given at the Fifth General Assembly of A.G.A.R.D. at Ottawa in June 1955.